Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edisonwas an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth11 February 1847
CountryUnited States of America
We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.
Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.
Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.
To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.
The best thinking has been done in solitude.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent
A little twist to the usual, "Everything comes to he who waits". Everythingcomes to him who hustles while he waits.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.